Drilling through a magnet?

[Andrew Schreiber]

I have many ideas, every last one of them involves finding something more productive to do with your time. Top of my list is that my driveway needs shoveling. My next idea is that instead of trying to destroy said radio you should have figured out how it worked. Destroying something for the sake of education is acceptable (when you have permission) but destroying something for the sake of destroying it is a pointless waste of time.

Maybe the above is just me being a grumpy old man but anytime I see a post about how someone just decided to tear something they found apart I get a little angry. Perhaps I would be a little less irritated if I knew what you hoped to gain by drilling a hole in this magnet? Or what you learned by tearing a radio apart?

$.02

PS. If this post sounds too harsh it was meant that way, to me this appears like kids were just let loose. In addition to destroying the radio they wrecked two drill bits and endangered themselves (the drill bits could have shattered or the magnet could have, neither of which would be good). Where were the mentors? If you have access to a drill press and a band saw someone who knows how to use them should be nearby.